Egret by 4

At this year's NECCC (New England Camera Club Conference) my wife and I were treated to a presentation by Andre Gallant (and ended up purchasing two of his books as well). He inspired me to do the current image. Starting with an image (selection of the image is crucial - some work, some do not), greatly increase the brightness to a way-overexposed state. Copy the image to a new canvas (in PhotoShop), then flip the original image and copy it again, etc., until you have four superimposed images (four layers) making up the new image, each layer in a different orientation than the others. Open up the layers palette, and for each of the top three layers experiment with combinations of "soft light" and "multiply." When you have what you want, flatten the image and do some serious adjustments with levels (to increase brightness) and hue/sat/intensity (to increase the color).
 

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Ed Cooper

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Aileen Ellis

Some years ago Andre Gallant was the featured presenter at a function in Vancouver and I remember being very impressed with his work.  You have done a good job of using one of his methods.  I agree that choosing the right image to begin with is very important.  This one works well.